This report of a conference on "Desegregation without Turmoil" describes the community organization and public information efforts that preceded the implementation of government ordered school integration in cities where this transition was...

Report detailing the Community Oversight Committee's findings on resources provided to neighborhood elementary schools in Norfolk, especially for those that consist of ninety percent or more of one racial group. Resources include library books,...

A survey conducted by the Atlanta School Board in July 1970, of approximately 800 teachers who were transferred via court-order in March of the same year to obtain a pre-determined ratio of teachers according to race in Atlanta schools. Main...

Letter to Dr. Albert L. Ayars, Superintendent of Norfolk Public Schools, from John Ellis, Superintendent of Columbus Public Schools, requesting that Ayars complete an attached worksheet providing the means used to increase integrated educational...

Dr. Dorothy Evelyn Stanley, Professor Emeritus, served ODU from 1960-1975 as a member of the Department of Foreign Languages. [She is also the author of two books: ""They Call it Courage"" and ""How to Live Creatively.""

Flora D. Crittenden grew up in Newport News, Virginia and graduated from George Washington Carver High School in 1941. She became Director of Guidance Counselors in 1971 for Newport News Public Schools.

Hugh J. Scott a witness for the plaintiff (Robert W. Kelley, et. al. vs. Metropolitan County Board of Education of Nashville and Davidson County), describing the long history of discrimination towards black Americans in regard to education in...

Charles Kenneth Sibley earned the Eminent Scholar distinction and served in the Art Department from 1955-1980. He was the first faculty member in the Art Department and also served as its Chair for a time. Sibley was a noted artist in the Tidewater...

Deposition of Robert T. Morris, Program Officer with the United States Office of Education, in Beckett v. The School Board of the City of Norfolk, Virginia, dated August 6, 1970. Morris discusses the desegregation of elementary schools in Norfolk...

A proposed plan for the 1983-84 school year describing neighborhood elementary schools in Norfolk by enrollment number as well as the percentage of white and minority students along with elementary schools that would have "majority-minority"...

Report compiled by the Urban Affairs Programs department at Michigan State University, describing the past and current history of school desegregation in Norfolk, as well as the impact it has had on both schools and the community. The report also...